Amarica's Constitution

It’s time for your questions, and having a great audience means there are so many fascinating directions to go.  A Canadian listener tells of how a non-originalist purpose-oriented approach to constit...

4 Syys 202459min

RFK Jr. has withdrawn from the race and endorsed Trump. This meeting of an estranged Kennedy and an indicted Trump, is laced not only with strangeness but also constitutional themes, as we explore.  M...

28 Elo 20241h 28min

The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has been overruled by the Supreme Court more often, and more forcefully, than any other circuit during the past term.  Why?  What are the conse...

21 Elo 20241h 14min

Court reform is in the air.  Having presented the problems with the 18 year term proposals before the House and Senate, Professor Amar’s plan deserves its own scrutiny.  We therefore present the plan ...

14 Elo 20241h 16min

The 2021 Biden Commission on the Court has now led - with a big “assistance” from the Court itself - to President Biden’s own plan for Court reform. It is sketchy in many ways, but is entirely consist...

7 Elo 20241h 26min

President Biden has stepped aside as a candidate, and as promised, we look at what’s next from a variety of points of view.  Some Republicans, notably the Speaker, are claiming that the President shou...

30 Heinä 20241h 20min

Resignations are in the air, and our discussion - recorded before President Biden’s actions - offers surprising resonances in its wake.  Meanwhile, our guest, Professor Vik Amar, provides not just a c...

23 Heinä 20241h 48min

President Biden is hearing calls from many quarters to step down as a candidate.  Donald Trump is shot. Questions of presidential succession and/or resignation abound.  While it may seem these are uni...

17 Heinä 20241h 34min